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Cancer Characteristics Help Doctors Figure Out Who Benefits Most from Removing Other Healthy Breast
Research shows that considering a woman's breast cancer risk profile and the specific details of the breast cancer can help doctors figure out which women get the most benefit from prophylactic mastectomy.
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Removing Opposite, Healthy Breast Reduces Risk of New Cancer
Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy -- removing the opposite healthy breast -- reduced the risk of developing a new breast cancer in the other breast and also reduced the risk of dying from breast cancer by about 30% for young women diagnosed with early-stage, hormone-receptor-negative breast cancer.
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Protective Mastectomy and Ovary Removal Can be Done at Same Time
A small study suggests that prophylactic (protective) breast and ovary removal can be done safely during one surgery.
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Rate of Double Mastectomies Goes Up
A new study finds that more women are choosing to have both breasts removed -- even though cancer was found in only one breast.
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